Charlesbourg (provincial electoral district)

Charlesbourg

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	François Blais Liberal
District created	1972
First contested	1973
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	62,269
Electors (2012)[1]	52,421
Area (km²)[2]	30.6
Pop. density (per km²)	2,034.9
Census divisions	Quebec City (part)
Census subdivisions	Quebec City (part)

Charlesbourg is a provincial electoral district in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of part of the Charlesbourg borough of Quebec City.

It was created for the 1973 election from parts of Chauveau and Montmorency electoral districts.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost very small amounts of territory to Jean-Lesage and Montmorency electoral districts.

Members of the National Assembly

1. André Harvey, Liberal (1973–1976)
2. Denis de Belleval, Parti Québécois (1976–1982)
3. Marc-Yvan Côté, Liberal (1983–1994)
4. Jean Rochon, Parti Québécois (1994–2003)
5. Éric R. Mercier, Liberal (2003–2007)
6. Catherine Morissette, Action démocratique du Québec (2007–2008)
7. Michel Pigeon, Liberal (2008–2012)
8. Denise Trudel, Coalition Avenir Québec (2012–2014)
9. François Blais, Liberal (2014–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	François Blais	16,934	42.07
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Denise Trudel	13,053	32.43
	Parti Québécois	Dominique Payette	7,215	17.92
	Québec solidaire	Marie Céline Domingue	1,936	4.81
	Conservative	Milan Jovanovic	450	1.12
	Parti nul	Sylvain Fiset	315	0.78
	Option nationale	Guillaume Cyr	257	0.64
	Unité Nationale	Daniel Lachance	52	0.13
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Fournier	40	0.10
Total valid votes			40,252	98.94
Total rejected ballots			431	1.06
Turnout			40,683	77.00
Electors on the lists			52,879	–

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Denise Trudel	15,278	36.89
	Liberal	Michel Pigeon	14,153	34.17
	Parti Québécois	Christoph Fortier Guay	8,760	21.15
	Québec solidaire	Marie Céline Domingue	1,612	3.89
	Option nationale	Guillaume Cyr	780	1.88
	Parti nul	Jérôme Paquin	336	0.81
	Independent	Alain Pérusse	232	0.56
	Unité Nationale	Daniel Lachance	112	0.27
	Autonomist Team	Yves Marier	102	0.25
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Chénier	53	0.13
Total valid votes			41,418	98.79
Total rejected ballots			506	1.21
Turnout			41,924	79.91
Electors on the lists			52,467	–

Quebec general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Michel Pigeon	14,196	42.36
	Action démocratique	Catherine Morissette	9,814	29.29
	Parti Québécois	Renaud Lapierre	8,449	25.21
	Québec solidaire	Martine Sanfaçon	1,053	3.14

Quebec general election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Action démocratique	Catherine Morissette	17,207	43.36
	Liberal	Éric R. Mercier	10,843	27.32
	Parti Québécois	Richard Marceau	9,828	24.77
	Green	Rama Borne MacDonald	968	2.44	–
	Québec solidaire	Réjean Dumais	837	2.11

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Éric Mercier	17,169	44.46
	Action démocratique	Jonathan Julien	10,936	28.32
	Parti Québécois	Sylvie Tremblay	9,741	25.23
	Green	Yonnel Bonaventure	438	1.13
	UFP	Simon Carreau	329	0.85
Total valid votes			38,613	99.21
Total rejected ballots			308	0.79
Turnout			38,921	79.06
Electors on the lists			49,229	–

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jean Rochon	15,985	41.00
	Liberal	Denis Roy	15,952	40.92
	Action démocratique	Stephan Asselin	6,309	16.18
	Independent	Jean-Marie Fiset	296	0.76
	Socialist Democracy	Jean-Pierre Duchesneau	273	0.70
	Natural Law	Wadi Bounouar	170	0.44
Total valid votes			38,613	99.21
Total rejected ballots			308	0.79
Turnout			38,921	79.06
Electors on the lists			49,229	–

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	23,343	53.20
	Non	20,535	46.80

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jean Rochon	17,908	47.01
	Liberal	Robert Gingras	10,413	27.34
	Action démocratique	André Fournier	6,022	15.81
	New Democratic	Alain Brasset	811	2.13
	Independent	Mario Bellavance	804	2.11
	Independent	Johanne Horth	561	1.47
	Independent	Bertrand Proulx	508	1.33
	Natural Law	Michel Audy	375	0.98
	Independent	Yves Bourret	346	0.91
	Independent	Jean-François Rajotte	186	0.49
	Independent	Robert Laroche	156	0.41
Total valid votes			38,090	97.88
Total rejected ballots			825	2.12
Turnout			38,915	84.72
Electors on the lists			45,931	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	24,766	63.79
	Oui	14,057	36.21

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Marc-Yvan Côté	20,818	59.76
	Parti Québécois	Alain Pelletier	11,119	31.92
	Lemon	Marc Soucy	1,232	3.54
	New Democratic	Mario Labbé	1,140	3.27
	Progressive Conservative	Philippe Bouchard	529	1.52
Total valid votes			34,838	97.91
Total rejected ballots			742	2.09
Turnout			35,580	80.27
Electors on the lists			44,324	–

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Marc-Yvan Côté	22,181	62.82
	Parti Québécois	Pierre Bernier	8,920	25.26
	Progressive Conservative	Denis Harrington	2,076	5.88
	New Democratic	Diane Lapointe	1,740	3.27
	Parti indépendantiste	Claude Legendre	334	0.94
	Christian Socialist	Christian Lefrançois	59	0.17
Total valid votes			35,310	98.60
Total rejected ballots			502	1.40
Turnout			35,812	81.67
Electors on the lists			43,849	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Marc-Yvan Côté	17,586	70.06
	Parti Québécois	André Gingras	3,273	13.04
	Independent	Jacques Daigle	2,302	9.17
	Union Nationale	Jacques Arteau	1,722	6.86
	Parti nationaliste humain du Québec	René-Lucien Lapointe	144	0.57
	United Social Credit	Joseph Ranger	75	0.30
Total valid votes			25,102	98.22
Total rejected ballots			454	1.78
Turnout			25,556	62.02
Electors on the lists			41,208	–

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Denis de Belleval	19,884	57.32
	Liberal	Véronique Guimont Barry	13,886	40.03
	Union Nationale	Jacques Morin	762	2.20
	Marxist–Leninist	Lynda Forgues	155	0.45
Total valid votes			34,687	98.93
Total rejected ballots			374	1.07
Turnout			35,061	85.98
Electors on the lists			40,780	–

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	25,262	52.26
	Oui	23,075	47.74

Quebec general election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Denis de Belleval	19,985	48.92
	Liberal	André Harvey	15,200	37.21
	Union Nationale	Henriot Gingras	4,078	9.98
	Ralliement créditiste	Sandor Tarcali	1,301	3.19
	Parti national populaire	Carmen Payne Lafleur	285	0.70
Total valid votes			40,849	98.34
Total rejected ballots			690	1.66
Turnout			41,539	89.20
Electors on the lists			46,567	–

Quebec general election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	André Harvey	19,770	57.79
	Parti Québécois	Laval Grondines	11,598	33.91
	Union Nationale	Adrien Drolet	1,964	5.74
	Ralliement créditiste	Gérard Croteau	876	2.56
Total valid votes			34,208	98.19
Total rejected ballots			629	1.81
Turnout			34,837	85.16
Electors on the lists			40,908	–

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=619&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=619&section=superficie

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Capitale-Nationale region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011

Neighbouring electoral districts